It seems like a decade or so ago, there were a lot more discounts that were really deep, 30-50% off, than there are now.
I'd had that helmet and that headset in my "shopping list" for about a month, and 10% off is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick -- especially since it doesn't include a $4 "digital products credit" I get for choosing "no rush shipping" (I'll spend it on Kindle ebooks -- haven't bought anything new to read in a little while). But I was kind of hoping that a $107 helmet I also had on my list would be on a deal for $70 or less.
The more expensive helmet is a well-regarded Italian brand that almost perfectly matches Lena Mae's "old school matte green" livery.
The helmet I bought is a black and gold Chinese helmet that has the same brand name as my tent. If the specs are accurate, it should be more appropriately sized than my current daily driver (my head circumference is right on the line between "medium" and "large," and the current helmet, a "large," is a little loose). In addition to an internal "sunglasses" visor, it has an extra external swap-in visor in glare-reducing gold.
Both the Italian and Chinese helmets are regular full-face helmets. The current helmet is "modular" so you can flip the whole front up and ride open-face, but I never use that feature. It's more trouble than it's worth, and also you're riding down the road with a big chunk of helmet sticking up and catching the headwind.
